Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-01
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AstonishspS Experienee Of az indiaun
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Farmer. .
On the evening OF June Ia. 1868
George Wellington an Indiana farmer
had gathering Of friends at his houso
lie wasa man AZ years Of aka, and OF
robust health, und on this evening II
was notlcsd chat no was In particularly
good spirlts.
AftorI the guests had departed he
remarked to hls wife that fis selt more
Ike singing ami danclng ihnn going II
bed. They retired about half past II
o,c.ock, and shG wss asleep before mild.
night.
Tho farmer was always out Of bc, at
5 o'clock. hut on the morning following
tho party TIL" Wife nwokeas q anal found
him still aleeping. When she attempted
tn arouse hlm she disroyered that he
was dead. i'1R ~ igfsf
A Doctor WAS saat f,r. and he arrived
In the course OF al nour to prohcunce |,
q casa OF heart dissass flo said the
man sa1 beer iead .!irsA houts wlrn
the wlf7 avsnaa The und da-taIsr 6omo
and prepared r. 4" IS for burial
It wac rematb :; cha. the corpss 10.
tained q life-.tss appearance. and thnt
none of the limbs grew rigid. but tho
Two other physicians called In vigorously
combatted the ilea tnet hs was In n
trnnae and might be restored to life.
secret hopo that death had not nliy
como TO him. and tho funeral wns put
two da. s ahead
The burinl wac to takc 'piace In q
country graveyard, and most OF the
vehicles gathering ut thehouse beio nged
to farmers Tho usual cercmon!es took
plnco over tho dead, and tho coffin wus
brought out and placed In tho heatse,
While tho procession was forming. q
IN MT enn a 3D. ,x.~e.
down the road. running away. The
wagon collidei With the hsarse IN I the
latter vehicle was upset and the coffin
flung out Four or Ave men ran to pick
1t up, but before a hand hal touched
1t, voice wns heard, saying:
For Gods sake. let me out OF
this /"
Tho people at frst movsd back In
alright. but as the voice continued, to
address them tha cofiln was rlghtad and
opened. and Wellington was found
struggling to get out
With little assistance he pulled him
cell out Of the box and walked Into tho
house and sat down In n chair In hnlf
an hour he had his clothes on and wns
moving around among the amazed
people, to whom no related this ex-
perlence.
~ did not fall asleep until soms time
after midnight. When Rwoke tho
clock was striking s. made move o
get out OF bod. but, to my. grent amnze-
ment. could stir neither hand nor foot.
had tho full uso OF my ears. but I
could not open my eyes.
argued ut flrst that I wn5 not yet
wldo awnke, but whom my wlfe shook me
and called mo by name und could not
resp MI BY even moving nn eyelid. be-
came satIsfiedthat I was In trance.
Ny mind wan never clearer, and my
hearing Was painfully acute.
"Imade effort after effort to throw of
the great weight which seemed TO be
holding me down. but could not ben,l
too or Srook a finger However II
was k5e doctor had pronounced
me de- -. any alarm.
= ,ine IL had seemed as II
Eanngo to get rid OF the
"a pistol been fired In The
I'm sure the spell would have
Zen. After the doctors ultima
tuff III aura that should DO buried
alive.
:. But WAS alivef All Of O sudden
this query flashed ncr,ss my brain, nn,l
was trouble more than can tell you.
A j had never died before how was
T; TO know the eensations? Could tho dead
hear and think? Wns tha mind of n
| problem could not solve.
I" Not q word was spoken r1eer mo
which did not catch aud fully un.
derstand When the two other doctors
pronounced me dend made up my mind
that was dead, and that tho end hal
como. had been taught TO believe that
the spirit of the dead agcen1ad TO
heaven, and thnt tho dead were dead lD
1s2sSph rs well as body. It wns bg<fs
g felt indignant y a'it
"As all af tho cRansss ofmy
hearing. let & 2ee.salse# after was
placed III ia pceptacIo was
moved evdr e. aisS stiow IN ths
horues.
Two OF my neIghbors cats on
q wagon box In the bnrnt " zuu
feet away. aud for ali toi,r c0n& ed OF
my death In ordinary tone OF vote
did not miss one single word OF me
conyersatI n, as both aftervard g.
mitted.
~ could hear every tick Of pho
kitchen clock and much Of the conver-
sation Of the women In the up sLaiys
rooms.
ION the night previouo to tho funeralS
about half-mst ten O'clock, and whilei
tho two men sitting up with the rorbs>,.
werc reading, heard two men elm
the fen o into tho barnynrd. cross t2.,
ydrd, and enter the barn. After a. &. y
mlnutes they came out. and iiearJ ,SS5
Jingle OF something carried ly ~ ~
the pair. could not make QUIZ
was going on, bat learned afy n
The two men stole horse frorS
opposite my barn. md they ent, n
promises In search OF n bride. n ~
heard the people assem- "a <t # q
funeral and as caught y
this ono or that one I identlnt -
nnmo 10 my elf. listened s}
the serrnon, but when the. .Ra K E
Of mo ] could not takvS &! : s.
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